Grammar - Synonyms
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
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Once a village was afflicted by drought.
- (a)
troubled
- (b)
oppressed
- (c)
tormented
- (d)
struck
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The king summoned his subjects for a mass prayer.
- (a)
called
- (b)
mobilized
- (c)
gathered
- (d)
ordered
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Who is responsible for this pathetic state of affairs?
- (a)
pitiful
- (b)
distressing
- (c)
intense
- (d)
moving
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The harmful UV rays of the sun is depleting.
- (a)
deleting
- (b)
decreasing
- (c)
emitting
- (d)
vanishing
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Scientists are peering through their telescope.
- (a)
spying
- (b)
watching
- (c)
grazing
- (d)
staring
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When there were just plants growing and animals wandering all over the world, life was peaceful.
- (a)
loitering
- (b)
walking
- (c)
wondering
- (d)
waiting
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In villages, it is considered an unruly behaviour to speak against parents.
- (a)
rebellious
- (b)
lawless
- (c)
wild
- (d)
obedient
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She was ridiculed for trying her hand at beekeeping.
- (a)
mocked
- (b)
scolding
- (c)
affected
- (d)
praised
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Undeterred by the pain and inconveniences, she continued to perfect the art of bee-keeping.
- (a)
helped
- (b)
perused
- (c)
undaunted
- (d)
discouragew
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Speaking of germs, there are germs and grime, under our fingernails.
- (a)
sand
- (b)
dirt
- (c)
mud
- (d)
day
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He was perplexed.
- (a)
puzzled
- (b)
doubted
- (c)
disbelieved
- (d)
startled
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When she saw Kumar slumped his seat, she grabbed his arm and tried shaking him awake.
- (a)
dropped
- (b)
collapsed
- (c)
crashed
- (d)
fell
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He liked to help the workers when they renovated a house on his own streets.
- (a)
repaired
- (b)
constructed
- (c)
decorated
- (d)
destroyed
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Hughie was wonderfully good-looking with his crisp brown hair, his clear-cut profile and his grey eyes.
- (a)
shape
- (b)
sketch
- (c)
features
- (d)
contour
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One of the first cultures to articulate how music really works was that of the ancient Greeks.
- (a)
pronounce
- (b)
enunciate
- (c)
unite
- (d)
express
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The first organized public expression of our grief our first communal response to that historic event.
- (a)
affiction
- (b)
sorrow
- (c)
ache
- (d)
woe
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Knowledge is an exacting mistress.
- (a)
demanding
- (b)
fussy
- (c)
rigid
- (d)
careful
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Such whole-hearted devotion is possible only in the days of student hood.
- (a)
abiding
- (b)
serious
- (c)
enduring
- (d)
sincere
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It is an invidious thing to distinguish between comparative values of knowledge and character.
- (a)
unjust
- (b)
hateful
- (c)
immoderate
- (d)
critical
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Students with their generous mind and unsophisticated hearts naturally fall an easy prey to stirring up emotion.
- (a)
childlike
- (b)
plain
- (c)
simple
- (d)
unspoiled
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Chaya offers a taste of what the depletion of Tibet's water ice portends.
- (a)
forecasts
- (b)
reads
- (c)
announces
- (d)
promises
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Suddenly cries erupt a water truck has been spotted.
- (a)
break out
- (b)
explode
- (c)
burst
- (d)
flare up
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The tension already seethes, in the clogged alleyway around one of Nehru camp's last functioning taps.
- (a)
passage
- (b)
back street
- (c)
mall
- (d)
pathway
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The Brihasdeeswarar temple is an architectural marvel of immense glory that has astounded the world.
- (a)
baffled
- (b)
astonished
- (c)
confounded
- (d)
dazed
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With its stupendous proportions and grandeur, the temple was world fame.
- (a)
colossal
- (b)
wonderful
- (c)
enormous
- (d)
prodigious
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Is this the might and valour of the Chose I heard of?
- (a)
bravery
- (b)
heroism
- (c)
spirit
- (d)
gallantry
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A scantily lit room with drums, urns, perfume, bottles, wooden boxes, manuscripts of the Marathas.
- (a)
insufficiently
- (b)
excessively
- (c)
meagerly
- (d)
imperfectly
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The shrine of Lord Muruga is an integral part of the temple.
- (a)
essential
- (b)
fundamental
- (c)
main
- (d)
indispensable
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I saw a walled fortress inside- a standing testimony of the Chola's opulence and vision.
- (a)
affirmation
- (b)
attention
- (c)
indication
- (d)
proof
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The enormity of the deities reflect the staunch reverence of the King to Lord Shiva.
- (a)
constant
- (b)
steadfast
- (c)
reliable
- (d)
truthful